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How to Build a Test in the IBTP
1. Access the IBTP through the Single Sign-On Portal: https://portal.fldoesso.org/PORTAL/Sign-on/SSO-Home.aspx/
Choose Polk from the drop-down menu. Your username is your Polk e-mail address, and
your password is your Active Directory password.
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3. Once you’ve signed into the IBTP, mouse over Assessment Admin, then select Create:
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5. Once you begin the Manual Test creation, you will enter in the name of the test and select the subject and grade
level. Please use the district’s naming protocol for assessments that you create:
53.Subject.Course#.TestType.ItemType
Level: 53 = district, S=school (multiple classes), C=classroom (single teacher)
Subject: See Naming Protocol sheet for complete list of subject abbreviations.
Course number: Use the course number from CPALMS to ensure consistency and for easy location of the test.
Type of test: This will vary depending on what type of test you are creating. Examples include “EOY” “INT” (for
interim/progress monitoring),“Unit,” “Baseline,” “Quarter,” “Chapter,” “Midyear,” “Final,” etc.
Author: 3 initials
Item Type: MC = Multiple Choice, GR = Gridded Response, ALL = Includes some manually scored items
Example: 53.1200370.Quarter1.HPW.ALL
6. Regardless of how many items you want to put on your test, always choose 1 as the number of items. You can
opt to create a test for your classroom only, or, if you want to share with other teachers at your school, as a
School Interim Assessment:
7. You can select your preferred score type, and use the drop-down menu to select the appropriate standards for
your test:
8. Select No for “Answer Key Only” and for “Enable Assessment Notes.”
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9. Under Initial Item Settings, you can decide if you want to allow your students to use manipulatives and tools like
rulers or calculators on all questions, or if this will be dependent on the individual items. You can also adjust the
layout of your multiple choice items:
10. Test item settings will allow you to set up the test to allow student comments, or to control privacy settings like
hiding the test item content from the test results that the students see:
11. You can use the Optional field to enter a description of the test, if you would like to.
12. Generate test:
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13. From here, you have several choices. If you are writing your own item, click on one of the item types listed here
(see separate directions for how to create an item in the IBTP). This tutorial will focus on using items that are
already created, so you will click on Lookup in Item Central:
14. The easiest way to search is to drill down by filters. First, click on Subject, to narrow your search to items
available for your subject only:
15. When you click on subject, you will see the subject appear as a filter, and you will see your total number of
available items appear (10,987 in this example):
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16. Click on Grade next, then select the grade level for which you are seeking items. You will see that the number of
available items now drops significantly (808), as we drill down.
17. Click on Standards next, then use the drop-down menu to select your correct set of standards:
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18. Click on the + signs to expand out your standard selection, and put a check in the box of the standards for which
you are seeking items. You will see your available number of items appear next to each:
19. As you put a checkmark in each box, you will notice that standard appear in your list of filters. When you’re
ready, click View Results:
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20. Your items will then display. When you find an item that looks good, you can click on View to see its additional
attributes, including cognitive complexity level (Webb’s DOK):
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21. Put a check mark in the box next to each item you’d like to add to the test, then click Add Items to Test:
22. Once your test is created, you can preview it online, or you can generate a printed version of the student test
booklet. Before you can schedule the test, you will need to make it public (it will still only be visible by teachers
and administrators, not by students).
If you find an error with a specific item, you can report the item to the help desk at [email protected]. You will
need to include the Item Name, found under Properties when you are viewing the item:
If you run into an error with the IBTP, you will need to call the IBTP Help Desk at the following number:
855-814-2876.
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